Transcription. Staying steadfast throughout history.

Transcription isn’t a fly by night or passing phenomenon – on the contrary, it’s played an important role across the globe for thousands of years. Developments in history such as the printing press and the onset of the digital environment has meant that it has been forced to evolve and adapt, but one thing’s for certain: …

Read more

The gadgets every public speaker should always have in their toolkit

For many people, the thought of standing up in front of a crowd of people and making a presentation or delivering a speech fills them with nothing but dread.  Just think – that sea of faces all looking up at you in expectation… the horror!  But for those who pursue a career in public speaking …

Read more

What’s in a word?

They say you learn something new every day.  Never is that more true than when you think about the English language. Just when you think you have your English vocabulary under control, it throws a whole host of new words at you!  That’s the thing about English – and any other language for that matter – it’s not stagnant.   Far from it!  …

Read more

What is an NHS Inquiry?

It’s something that we hear about in the news, but what exactly is an NHS inquiry?  An NHS inquiry is undertaken when something goes wrong with the care provided by any NHS funded service. When this happens, that service is required to be open and transparent about the healthcare of the families and patients involved. The …

Read more

Just how many words does the average person know?

Fiona Shipley Transcription is in the business of words – the very definition of transcription is to put thoughts, speech or data into written form. It’s what we do – and we have an excellent reputation for doing it well.  So it’s pretty much a given that we’re interested in the English language. It’s at the …

Read more